SPANISH LANGUAGE

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2017/2018

Optional/Mandatory:

Optional

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in HUMANITIES

Language:

Italian

Moduls:

SPANISH LANGUAGE - LESSONS

4 credits
SPANISH LANGUAGE - PRACTICE

8 credits

Credits:

Programme Year:

Hours of classroom activity:

140

Prerequisites:

The only requirement addressed to Scienze dei Beni Culturali students that star before the academic year 2018-2019 is an A2 level since the beginning of the course. These students can do the II semester but only if they have an A2 level in Spanish language, otherwise it is recommended attending to the first and second semester of lessons.

AF code:

40001582

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

The examination will consist of:
(a) A writing test where you have to demonstrate the B1 level in reading and listening comprehension , grammar and writing of the Spanish language. A copy of the test can be found at the following link: http://edissuf.uniss.it/course/view.php?id=185.Piattaforma e-learning > corsi di laurea > Lettere >Lingua spagnola, Lingua e Letterature moderne.
(b) An oral examination where you have to demonstrate the B1 level on the spoken language. In the examination you will be asked first to read ,out loud with attention to the proper pronunciation and intonation, a short passage from the book you selected and second to translate into Italian the same passage. Then you will make a commentary on the book.
The tests are carried out according to the schedule of the Department; written and oral exams can be taken in different sessions. In order to take the oral exam students must have passed the written test.
The first useful session for the exam is the 2018 summer session.

Teaching period

Single Annual Cycle

Objectives

This course is intended to provide a B1 level of the Common European Framework for reading ,listening, grammar and vocabulary in Spanish language.

Contents

The course is divided in two parts: lectures and lessons.
1. The lectures (B1 level) focus on the development of the 4 language skills: grammar, speaking, listening and reading comprehensive. The lectures are scheduled to last an academic year (from October to may): 60 hours in the first semester and 60 hours in the second semester. The book that is going to be used during the lessons is “Nuevo Prisma Fusión A1+A2, Edinumen “ students and exercise’s book
2. The 20 hour lessons will take place in the second semester and their objective will be concentrated on consolidating the four language skills and on preparing the student for the exam. The classes consist of reading different types of texts ( descriptive, informative, narrative) or of watching a documentary or a film that will be used for discussion of contemporary themes or/and for writing some essays.
Grammatical arguments:
• The alphabet : pronunciation and intonation. Differences between Italian and Spanish.
• The articles (indefinite, definite), nouns and adjectives gender and plurals.
• Numerals, possessives, personal and reflexive pronouns and adjectives.
• Simple present tense: form and use of regular and irregular verbs.
• Phrasal verbs I : hay+que +inf. , tener+que+inf. , ir+a+inf.
• The gerund and the present continuous.
• Prepositions I.
• The past and present perfect tenses: use , form and comparison.
• Prepositions II
• The imperative.
• Phrasal verbs II: volver+a +inf. , acabar+de+inf. , dejar+de+inf.
• The Future and the conditional

Recommended Bibliography

Books for the lectures:
-- "Nuevo Prisma Fusion A1+A2", Libro del alumno, Madrid, Edinumen, ult. ed.
- "Nuevo Prisma Fusion A1+A2", Libro de ejercicios, Madrid, Edinumen, ult. ed.
For additional background the following is recommended:
-Universo Gramatical. María de los Ángeles Villegas e María Jesús Blásquez. Editorial Edinumen.
A TEXT CHOSEN AMONG THE FOLLOWING BOOKS:
C. RUIZ ZAFÓN, Marina, Madrid, 2007, ed. tascabile
M. VÁZQUEZ MONTALBÁN, Los demonios familiares de Franco, 1985.
F. SAVATER, ,Ética para Amador, 1991.
J. ALDECOA, Historia de una maestra, 2003, ed. Tascabile.
J. EMANUEL DE PRADA, La tempestad, 2007.
E. TUSQUETS, Habíamos ganado la guerra, Barcelona 2008.
B. ATXAGA, El hombre solo, 1994.
Students who are unable to attend the lessons will have to prepare the exam using the above mentioned books or other manuals of B1 Level. For the oral exam they will have to prepare TWO texts chosen from the previous list.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Lessons and lectures.

Contacts/More Information

If you have any questions regarding the course you can either contact me by mail charry@uniss or you can get to the CLA every Monday from 15:30 to 16.20 in Via Zanfarino N° 53

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